Table 2.

Wandering albatross airspeed (m/s) as a function of wind speed, relative wind direction, and sex (Eq. 4)

	Value	SE	df†	T	p
α f	6.18	0.71	833	8.66	< 0.001
α m - α f	0.88	0.24	44	3.65	0.001
β 1 (W)	0.31	0.09	833	3.43	0.001
β2(Wsin(θ))	0.30	0.04	833	8.38	< 0.001
β 3 (Wθ)	−0.11	0.04	833	−2.88	0.004
β 4 (θ)	1.26	0.35	8.33	3.61	< 0.001

† Estimated degrees of freedom

α = mean airspeed of males and females, respectively (m/s)

β = regression coefficients for the specified terms in parentheses

W = wind speed values (m/s)

θ = angles (radians) between wind velocities and air velocities